Uvalde TX mass shooting: Officers had rifles and a ballistic shield on site, but still waited an hour; response called 'abject failure'

[onthedarkside]

 

The latest information seems to indicate officers had more than enough firepower and protection to take down the gunman long before they finally did and will be perceived by many as a failure of law enforcement to stop the attack

 

Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield were on site at the Texas school shooting within 19 minutes - but they didn't breach the classroom and stop the gunman for another hour, new reports suggest.

 

According to documents reviewed by the Austin American-Statesman newspaper and local KVUE-TV, officers with heavier firepower and tactical equipment were at the Robb Elementary School much earlier than first reported.

 

It marks the latest embarrassing revelation in what many perceive as a failure of law enforcement to stop the attack.

 

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed on 24 May when high school dropout Salvador Ramos went on a murderous rampage at the Uvalde school with an assault rifle.

 

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https://news.sky.com/story/uvalde-shooting-officers-had-rifles-and-a-ballistic-shield-on-site-in-minutes-but-still-waited-an-hour-to-enter-classroom-says-new-report-12637670

 

 

 

[onthedarkside]

Texas Public Safety director says police response to Uvalde school shooting was ‘abject failure’

The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday slammed the law enforcement response to last month’s mass shooting in Uvalde as an “abject failure” and harshly criticized the decisions of Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo.

 

“There is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we’ve learned over the last two decades since the Columbine massacre,” Col. Steven McCraw told the Texas Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans.

 

“Three minutes after the subject entered the West building, there was a sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject,” he continued. “The only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering rooms 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children.”

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/us/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-footage-police-response/index.html

 

 

[Jingthing]

One of the most blatant examples of cowardice in American history.

I'm not saying I'm a brave one.

But I didn't sign up for their jobs.

In cultures like Japan, such people would off themselves in shame.

[KhunLA]

Actually it gets worse... 

"Classroom door in Uvalde school shooting was not locked, official says"

 

"There was no evidence any law enforcement officer ever tried the classroom door to see if it was locked, McCraw said at a Texas Senate hearing into the shooting.

 

"I don't believe based on the information we have right now that door was ever secured," McCraw said. "He (the shooter) didn't have a key ... and he couldn't lock it from the inside."

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/classroom-door-uvalde-school-shooting-was-not-locked-official-says-2022-06-21/

Edited June 21, 2022 by onthedarkside
trolling misinfo comment removed

[Jingthing]

Imagine being a parent of a victim and realizing your child's fate was sealed twice.

[Credo]

According to the Supreme Court, the police have no duty to protect.  It goes against our basic instincts not to do what we can to protect our young.  Even a mother rat will protect its young.   

[Bkk Brian]

"so devastated is the small close-knit community by the tragedy that the decision has now been taken to close the school and destroy it."

 

Texas shooting: School where 19 pupils and two teachers were shot dead is to be demolished

[FritsSikkink]

5 hours ago, Credo said:

According to the Supreme Court, the police have no duty to protect. 

Then you shouldn't have them to give them all those weapons too.